For the last two years The ShakeUp was sure to cover what had become known on campuses around the country as Israeli Apartheid Week – a time to press for recognition of Palestinian human rights in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. We had to go to David Heap, or Wendy Goldsmith in London, On., or Sandra Ruch in Toronto to talk about activities on other campuses. (NOTE: THE SOURCES MENTIONED HERE WERE FOR INTERVIEWS ABOUT THE CANADA BOAT TO GAZA. GEORGIA LUYTE WAS A ShakeUp SOURCE FOR INFORMATION ON ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK IN 2010).

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This year, thanks to a lot of hard work, Palestinian Human Rights Week kicks off on Mar. 5th here on campus. In the studio to discuss the week and what it was like to organize it all were Hagar, Mohamad, and Hassan, all students at the University of Windsor.

The complete agenda for the week is available on the poster on the right of the blog.

Hagar, Mohamad and Hassan in the CJAM studio.

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No doubt many listeners have been following “Robo-call-gate”. The media seems to be doing its job of investigating the charges of election fraud even as the Prime Minister claims his party is the victim of a smear campaign. A fundamental premise of a democracy, it really should go without saying, is elections free from any kind of interference. On the phone from Ottawa was Democracy Watch coordinator Tyler Sommers.(Twitter: @tylersommers).